Receptacle-holder.



G. A. BROWN.

RECEPTACLE HOLDER.

APPUCATION FILED MAY 11. 1914.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 21, late.

Application filed May 11,1914.. Serial No. 837,759.

Th (all whom a concern:

Be it known that I, Gnonen A. BROWN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Cleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Receptacle- Holders, ofwhich the following is a specification.

This invention relates generally to receptacle holders and particularlyto that class of such devices utilized for holding milk bottles. N

More specifically the invention relates to a box adapted to be appliedto the jamb of a door, and it consists of a suitable casing having anopen back and provided with an inwardly extending flange near the front,and suitable end guides near the bottom, these parts cooperating with adoor having a bottle support extending inward therefrom and providedwith a bottle receiving tubular portion, and suitable stops arrangedbetween the parts for permitting it to move outward for receiving thebottle and to guide its inward movement so as to permit the bottle wheninserted to drop behind the flange of the front and lock the door of thereceptacle.

The invention may be further briefly summarized as consisting in theconstruction and combination of parts hereinafter set forth in thefollowing description, drawings and claims.

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 is a front elevation with partsbroken away;

i Fig. 2 is a horizontal section; Fig. 3 is a vertical section with thedoor in its open position; and Fig. 4 is a similar section with theparts in place.

In carrying out the invention any preferred form and construction ofparts may be employed so long as they meet the necessary requirements,but I have shown one arrangement, which is effective, and in suchembodiment 1 represents the casing or jamb of a door 2. The device isapplied to the jamb and it consists of a casing having a top 3 andbottom 1 and sides 5 and 6, the latter being secured to the casing orjamb 1. At the back the several parts already referred to are providedwith inwardly extending flanges 7 for stiffening them. At the front thetop is provided with a flange 8, the sides 5 and 6 with flanges 9 and 10respectively, and the bottom with a flange 11.

" Each side near the bottom is provided with an inwardly extending ledge12 formed from a bent piece of metal secured to the sides and bottom.These ledges extend from the inner wall of the flange 11 to the back ofthe casing. Each of the sides 5 and 6 is provided with a pair of pins 13and 14:, the latter being arranged near the back of the box and theformer within the side flange, both pins being at a distance above thecorresponding ledge 12. Engaging onthe outside of the flanges 8, 9, 10and 11 is a door 15 having a suitable handle 16 and secured to this doorand extending inward so as to pass above the flange 11 is a flathorizontally disposed bottle guide member 17 equal in depth to thedistance fro-mthe flange 11 to the back of the box and as wide as thebox. The guide member is braced to the door by suitable end bracesl8within the ends of the guide member, as shown in Fig. 2, so that thebraces will slide inside of the flanges 9 and 10, and the projectingportion will extend to the sides of the box, as shown in the broken awayportion in Fig. 1, and this extension being adapted to pass over theledges 12, the flanges 9 and 10 being cut away to permit such operation.Near the back edge of these extensions of the guide member are suitableextensions or bosses 19 which when the door is in place engage under thepins 14:, as shown in Fig. 1, and serve to prevent the swinging of thedoor and the guide member when closed. The guide member is provided witha tubular extension or bottle guide 20 which opens out through the guideand serves to receive the bottle when the door is open and to permit thebottle to rest upon the flange 11, as shown in Fig. 3, the door beinglimited in its outward movement by a pin 21 extending down from thebottom of the guide and engaging the inside of the flange 11, and thetilting movement of the door being limited by the pins 13 engaging abovethe extensions of the guiding member. In use, assuming that there is nobottle in the holder and that the door is closed, as shown in Fig. 1,the door is slid outward until the pin 21 engages the inner face of theflange 11 when the door and the guiding member will tilt in the positionshown in Fig. 3 until the guiding member engages under the pins 13 asshown in this figure. Then the bottle may be placed therein and when soplaced it will rest upon the upper edge of the flange 11. The door maythen be pushed closed, the first movement of closing causing theswinging of the door in a vertical position and the last movement beingone of moving the entire door and bottle guide back until the lugs 19engage under the pins 14. In the meantime, however, the bottle hasdropped oif of the upper edge of the flange 11 onto the bottom of thebox, when the door of the flange 11 before the pin 14 moves off of thelug l9.

Having described my invention, I claim I I 1. A bottle holder comprisinga casing, a

flange extending upward from the bottom of said easing, a door movableinto and out of said casing, a bottle guiding member extending inwardfrom said door and having a bottle guide adapted to permit the bottle topass through the same, and means for guiding and limiting the movementof the door and the bottle guiding member whereby when the door isopened, the bottle may pass through the guiding member and engage theflange and when the door is closed will pass down behind the flange.

2. A bottle holder comprising a casing, a flange extending upward fromthe bottom of the casing near the front thereof, ledges extending fromsaid flange along the ends of the box to the back thereof, a doormovable into and out of the casing, a bottle receiving member, a bottleguide carried thereby open at the top and bottom to permit the passageof the bottle therethrough, means for limiting the outward movement ofthe door and the tilting thereof whereby the bottle will rest on theflange when the door is open, and means for engaging the guiding memberand preventing the tilting thereof when the door is closed.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE A. BROWVN. Witnesses:

G. O. FARQUHARSON, C. H. TRESCH.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. C.

